That the Democratic party continues to trot her out on the national news shows is evidence the party is in deep trouble. There’s an excellent administrator right up I83 in Kevin Kamenetz, who runs a much more politically diverse county, who runs a county without huge budget issues, and who shares the vast majority of political views as SRB. But we never see him on TV.

By the way, Ms. Mayor: if you want to move on to a higher office, you need to work on your skills with the media.